Expanded metal lath.



C. H. SGAMMELL.

EXPANDED METAL LATE.

LPPLIOATION FILED MAY 7, 1910 1,037,51 1 I Patented Feb. 17,1914.

CHARLES H. SCAMMELL, OF NEW YORK,

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"8T. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE RbEBLING CON- STRUCTION COMPANY, OF NEW YORK,N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

EXPANDED METAL ILA H.

1,087,511. Specification-of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,339.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SCAMMELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, haveinvented, certain new and useful Improvements in Expanded Metal Lath,fully described and represented in'the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates ,to expanded "metal lath of that class formed byslitting the metal. and drawing out the strands to open the slits andturn the strands at an angle to the plane of the metal and which is usedgenerally as lathing to hold plaster in building construction,althi'iugh applicable, also to other uses.

Such met: 1 lath has heretofore been made and handled in large sheets,involving large expense in handling and shipment and great incomeuionceand waste of material in use.

The present invention provides a new article of manufacture consistingof a roll of expanded lath, by which the above objecticns are entirelyavoided, and other important ad vantages secured in themanufacturc,hamlling and use of expanded metal lath.

ln the accon'ipauyingdrawings forming a part of this sptwilication, aroll of expanded metal. lath embodying the invention is illus trated, inwhich Figure l is a perspective view of the roll. Fig. is a plan. viewon a larger scale of a short piece of the sheet forming the roll, withthe central portion broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail 'ction of the metal.

In the drawings, the roll A is formed of the expanded metal lath a, thesize of the roll dependingripen the quantity of metal lath desired, andthe roll being shown as held in form by wire ties 1, which holding meansmay, of course, be varied. has its strands 2 forming the meslrturned atan angle to the plane of the metal, as shown in Fig. 3, and the edges ofa continuous sheet forming the roll are trimmed evenly in the process ofmanufacture, as shown at 3 in Fig. 2, so as to make the sheet and rollof uniform width, and avoid the irregular and bent edges which areproduced in manufacturing such lath. Thisroll of expanded metal lath ismuch cheaper and The lath more convenient lll packing, handling,shipment and use than the large sheets heretofore used, the largeeconomy in space and convenience in handling being apparent. In use, theroll may readily be put into and held in position and the quantityrequired unrollcd in place and cut otl', so that the incon venientlifting and holding in place of large sheets is avoided. and material issaved as only just the quamity to be used is cut off and the lappingirequent with the old sheets avoided. The trimming of the sheet atopposite sides of the roll produces even edges, avoiding the tearing oithe hands liable to occur in handling the torn and bent strands ofnntrimmed sheets. and the lath packs more closely in the roll as thereare no bent ends to separate the layers, and this trimming also secureseven ends so that the 'edges of the sheet will not bend when the rollstrikes on its end.

What I claim is 1. A new article of manufacture consisting of a packageroll of expanded metal lath formed by rolling up a sheet of lath havingthe strands turned at an angle to the plane of the metal.

2. A new article of manufacture consist ing of a package roll ofexpanded metal lath termed by rolling up a sheet of lath having thestrands turned at an angle to the plane ofthe metal, and having the opposite edges of the lath trimmed to form a sheet of uniform width andeven ends of the roll.

3. A new article of manufacture cons1sting of a package roll of expandedmetal lath formed by rolling up a sheet of lath stretched longitudinallyof the sheet and transversely to the slits, and having the strandsturned at an angle to the plane of the metal, said metal being rolled upin the direction in which it is stretched, and having the opposite edgesof the lat-h trnnmed to form a sheet of uniform width and even ends ofthe roll.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence 0:two subscribing Witnesses.

J. A. GRAVES, VI-II. KENNEDY.

